Sleeping Pills & Laxatives

Little did I know when I entered this maze that parts of me would age rapidly. Here I am at 56 all of sudden using Sleeping Pills and Laxatives. I was hoping that the Laxative thing could wait until I was at least in my seventies.
The Sleeping Pill thing is a whole other issue, I have had a tendency over a number of years not being able to shut off my brain at night. I figured one day that sleeping pills would be the answer. The issue I have now is that I am not trying to shut off my brain; I am trying to convince it that it is okay to go to sleep. This can take hours like last night without a Sleeping Pill I didn't actually zonk out until about 3:30am. You're going to heal up real good, getting to sleep at that time and still waking up at 6am.

Here's the other weird thing about sleep, I am scared to go to sleep, quite often since the surgery I'll nod off and suddenly wake up in a panic. This is really a screwed up situation. Here's another thing I have discovered during the past year, if I have too much sugar or food that contains sugar I can't get to sleep. I'm blaming last night Arizona Ice Tea even though I cut it with 50% water.

Back to Laxatives for a moment, I won't dwell because this is a shitty subject.(pardon the pun) I am on these pain killers that bung you up, so the hospital suggested a Laxative at night to keep the pipes working. Okay, I thought a temporary measure, I can deal with that. Bull Pucky, if you take a Laxative at 9:00pm guess when you are going to have a movement? The next F........ing night at 9:00pm that's when. This messes with your whole constitution. Okay so I'm not the brightest tool in the shed, I figured this would naturally straighten out. Noooooo.. After two weeks of missing a good portion of Law & Order SVU each night between 8:30 to 9:00pm, I come up with a bright idea. Why don't I take the Laxative at 7:00am and get back to normal. Brilliant idea yes! Nooo it takes couple of days for this stuff get used to the time change. Mother of God, thank goodness this didn't happen during Spring Ahead or Fall Behind, I would loose my sight.

Today is Doctor day, I will be requesting more Sleeping Pills so I can get a decent nights sleep and dream with great anticipation 7:00am Thursday's Laxative experiment results.